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Getting out of Jervis Bay? [With poll]

The Canberra Times brings word that Chief Minister Gallagher is drawing up plans to return responsibility for the tiny patch of Jervis Bay that the ACT still delivers services to.

Ms Gallagher says it is ”crazy” for the territory to continue to provide child protection, schools, courts and even driving licences to a community 263km away.

The ACT Government wants the arrangements changed so that services would be delivered to Jervis Bay, where ACT laws apply, by the NSW Government from the nearby town of Nowra.

Since it was surrendered to the Commonwealth in 1915, so Canberra would have a ”seaport”, the enclave, which is a Commonwealth Territory and not part of the ACT, has been administered from the nation’s capital.

It seems unlikely Jervis Bay will get the road and rail links to be a major port in our lifetimes, is there any good reason to continue the charade?

Wow, i always assumed the ACT “land” on the coast would just be a fenced off pier, not 20kms of native vegetation. Sure, just change the law and give it up. Lets just lease it (for $1) to NSW for 100 years or something, just in case we need it down the line

If anyone is still worried about it’s intended purpose, remember that all that’s actually being proposed here is having NSW deliver the services rather than the ACT. Should we eventually need a sea port or federally owned site on which to build a nuclear power plant or whatever, it would still be available since it would remain under federal control. This move just seems like common sense.

They have already tried to build a nuclear power station there about 50 years ago. Most councils controlling NSW coastal areas have already banned any further development near the ocean as that land is apparently going to flooded by rising water levels due to some vague climate theory The computers say so).
Only tree huggers and whale watchers go there these days. Let’s get rid of now.

If anyone is still worried about it’s intended purpose, remember that all that’s actually being proposed here is having NSW deliver the services rather than the ACT. Should we eventually need a sea port or federally owned site on which to build a nuclear power plant or whatever, it would still be available since it would remain under federal control. This move just seems like common sense.